Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

SENIOR MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEER

IN LULING, LA, USA!

Date Posted: 08/21/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 487364

Industry: Biotech

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Job Location: Luling, LA, USA, 70070

Work Model: Hybrid

Work Model Details: Onsite 2-3 days/week

Shift: Normal business hours

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 13

Min Hourly Rate($): 50.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 58.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Mechanical Engineer, Multitask, Piping Design, Presentations

Nice To Have Skills/Attributes: Project Management

Experience Desired: Industrial experience in Mechanical Engineering (5 yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education: Master's Degree

**C2C is not available**

Job Description

Required Education:

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university is required from an ABET certified institution

Certifications:

Professional Engineering (PE) registration is a plus

Required Skills for the Senior Mechanical Project Engineer:

5+ years of relevant industrial experience in mechanical engineering

Strong project management and multitasking skills

Demonstrated creativity, innovation and ingenuity

Self-motivated, results driven

Perpetual drive towards learning, developing, growing and improving

Solid verbal and written communication and computer skills, Microsoft Suite

Proven leadership abilities and abilities to influence in a non-traditional business environment

Unwavering ethics

Strong commitment to safety

Ability to work alone and as a true team player

Excellent presentation skills

Strong virtual team skills

Senior Mechanical Project Engineer Overview:

The Senior Mechanical Project Engineer will support our diverse range of manufacturing projects. The senior mechanical engineer will be supporting efforts throughout the site to maintain and improve the processes that go on every day. As an engineer in the crop protection team, the position is a key member in the plant that works every day to improve sustainable agriculture.

This role is responsible for performing all aspects for a complete design of complex mechanical engineering assignments. Work at this level requires extensive progressive experience in mechanical engineering and involves applying advanced engineering techniques and analysis. This work will be performed under the supervision of the mechanical lead.

The Senior Mechanical Project Engineer with serve as the project manager for their assigned projects for which they will also perform the mechanical engineering services for. This requires the incorporation of other disciplines to successfully complete the assigned projects on time and on budget.

Responsibilities:

Familiarity with and utilizing Bayer and Luling design and drafting standards

Mastery of the Bayer Gated System and their respective documentation requirements; FEL 1 (Project Acceptance), FEL 2 (Project Charter) and FEL 3 (Project Scope)

Development of preliminary project description, schedule and cost estimates upon project assignment

Accomplishing engineering activities such as stress analysis, construction specifications, equipment and material procurement specifications, calculations and piping estimates.

Developing conceptional layouts / cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving the engineering task at hand; including not to proceed with the work if not feasible / cost attractive.

Producing estimate level preliminary designs / material take-offs for the level of estimate being performed on a project

Development of formal project scopes and capital request documentation

Producing detailed design calculations and sketches for material of constructions associated with the project.

Reviewing and checking vendor / other discipline drawings for mechanical input

Checking calculations and equipment specifications by others to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, industry standards, design criteria, site/ global Bayer standards and conformance to good engineering practice

In-depth knowledge of design standards and codes as applicable to rotating and static piping systems and equipment

Knowledge of good design practices for piping systems, sizing of compressible fluid piping, flexibility and stress analysis of piping systems, application and knowledge of piping supports

Identification of need for safety devices (PSVs, PSE, CVs) and phase separation equipment (steam traps, liquid strainers)

Produce designs with efficient use of construction material with emphasis on ease of construction and meeting the project goals

Estimate and schedule professional service hours and assess the progress / quality of the mechanical work

Assist other engineers in developing and assembling scopes, drawings / specifications into packages, enabling mechanical purchase inquiries to be issued for procurement and materials or for subcontract pricing. This may include packaged equipment w soliciting input from other disciplines to provide requirements for associated structural, instrument and electrical aspects of the scope.

Perform fieldwork necessary to gather field date, check tie-ins and provide construction support

Project approval, procurement, and budget forecasting

Provide technical and project management guidance to less experienced engineering and drafting personnel in the department

Development of construction work scope / packages and onsite support during construction, commissioning and / or startup

Reviewing fabrication drawings and other construction submittals for conformance to engineering drawings and specifications.

Recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly

Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure smooth flow of vital information necessary for the scheduled completion of the project

Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements to produce all mechanical deliverables

Project Quality Assurance and Quality control direction and support

Project closure

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**

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